Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 426 464 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 11.35% 11.18% 16.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.70% 39.02% 49.35%
Number of salaries quoted 334 322 286
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £27,563 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,675 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% -3.85%

All Cloud Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,073 1,189 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 28.60% 28.64% 33.97%
Number of salaries quoted 623 655 572
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,375 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £84,950
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire 0 121 £55,000 +0.39% 61
Cambridgeshire +12 112 £40,000 -15.79% 45
Essex 0 85 £35,000 -31.37% 52
Bedfordshire +5 54 £31,000 -38.00% 23
Suffolk +12 37 £47,500 +43.94% 16
Norfolk -14 13 £70,000 +118.75% 21
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 16
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 59 (13.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (10.80%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.05%) Confluence
4 5 (1.17%) WordPress
5 4 (0.94%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.94%) CMS
6 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 52 (12.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 164 (38.50%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (23.94%) Power Platform
3 81 (19.01%) Entra ID
4 70 (16.43%) AWS
5 32 (7.51%) Azure Logic Apps
6 31 (7.28%) PowerApps
7 27 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (5.16%) Power Automate
9 21 (4.93%) SaaS
10 17 (3.99%) Serverless
10 17 (3.99%) Snowflake
11 16 (3.76%) OneDrive
12 13 (3.05%) GCP
12 13 (3.05%) GitHub
13 12 (2.82%) Azure AI
14 11 (2.58%) PaaS
15 10 (2.35%) IaaS
16 7 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
17 6 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 77 (18.08%) Firewall
2 38 (8.92%) DHCP
3 37 (8.69%) DNS
4 29 (6.81%) VPN
5 28 (6.57%) TCP/IP
5 28 (6.57%) WAN
6 23 (5.40%) Wireless
7 22 (5.16%) Internet
7 22 (5.16%) LAN
8 14 (3.29%) SAN
8 14 (3.29%) VLAN
9 12 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (2.58%) WLAN
11 7 (1.64%) IP Telephony
12 5 (1.17%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (0.70%) Network Security
14 3 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (0.70%) VoIP
15 2 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (15.96%) Power BI
2 46 (10.80%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.23%) MySQL
4 14 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.29%) Tableau
5 7 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.41%) Redis
7 5 (1.17%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (1.17%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.47%) Big Data
10 2 (0.47%) Metadata
10 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.10%) Git
2 19 (4.46%) JIRA
3 6 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.70%) GitLab
5 2 (0.47%) MSTest
5 2 (0.47%) NUnit
5 2 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.47%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.47%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.47%) TestNG
6 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (28.40%) Social Skills
2 51 (11.97%) Finance
3 21 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.46%) Retail
5 16 (3.76%) Automotive
6 15 (3.52%) Law
7 12 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.35%) Legal
9 9 (2.11%) Multimedia
10 8 (1.88%) Back Office
10 8 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.41%) Publishing
12 5 (1.17%) Marketing
12 5 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.94%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.47%) Electronics
15 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (19.01%) Analyst
2 56 (13.15%) IT Support
3 48 (11.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 47 (11.03%) Developer
5 45 (10.56%) Support Analyst
6 38 (8.92%) Support Engineer
7 36 (8.45%) Azure Engineer
8 34 (7.98%) Senior
9 31 (7.28%) IT Engineer
10 30 (7.04%) Architect
10 30 (7.04%) Junior
11 24 (5.63%) Junior Analyst
12 23 (5.40%) 1st Line Support
13 21 (4.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 21 (4.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (4.69%) 2nd Line Support
14 20 (4.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (4.46%) Administrator
15 19 (4.46%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (4.23%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (10.33%) .NET
2 24 (5.63%) CSS
3 19 (4.46%) React
4 15 (3.52%) jQuery
5 13 (3.05%) Vue
6 11 (2.58%) ASP.NET
6 11 (2.58%) HTML
6 11 (2.58%) Web Services
7 9 (2.11%) YAML
8 7 (1.64%) ARM Templates
9 6 (1.41%) .NET Framework
9 6 (1.41%) REST
10 5 (1.17%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (0.94%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.94%) Node.js
11 4 (0.94%) SignalR
12 3 (0.70%) Playwright
12 3 (0.70%) PyTorch
12 3 (0.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.52%) Data Centre
1 15 (3.52%) IoT
2 12 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.58%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.88%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.64%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.17%) Clustering
8 5 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (1.17%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.94%) iPad
9 4 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.70%) PKI
10 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.47%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 167 (39.20%) Windows
2 130 (30.52%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 37 (8.69%) Windows 10
5 26 (6.10%) Mac OS
6 19 (4.46%) Linux
7 15 (3.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (3.05%) Android
9 10 (2.35%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.47%) Unix
10 2 (0.47%) VMS
11 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.23%) SUSE
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.23%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (21.60%) Customer Service
3 78 (18.31%) ITIL
4 73 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
5 71 (16.67%) Agile
6 57 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 56 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 52 (12.21%) Analytics
10 50 (11.74%) DevOps
11 49 (11.50%) Mentoring
12 44 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
13 43 (10.09%) CI/CD
14 38 (8.92%) Process Improvement
15 37 (8.69%) Roadmaps
16 34 (7.98%) Service Delivery
17 33 (7.75%) AI
18 31 (7.28%) Data Analysis
18 31 (7.28%) Data Analytics
19 27 (6.34%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 72 (16.90%) PowerShell
2 55 (12.91%) SQL
3 53 (12.44%) C#
4 51 (11.97%) Python
5 31 (7.28%) JavaScript
6 22 (5.16%) PHP
7 18 (4.23%) Java
8 13 (3.05%) C++
9 9 (2.11%) VB.NET
10 7 (1.64%) R
11 6 (1.41%) Bash
11 6 (1.41%) VBScript
12 4 (0.94%) Bicep
12 4 (0.94%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.23%) Go
Qualifications
1 63 (14.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 58 (13.62%) Azure Certification
3 45 (10.56%) DBS Check
4 43 (10.09%) Degree
5 21 (4.93%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.23%) AWS Certification
6 18 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (3.99%) CCNA
8 16 (3.76%) Security Cleared
9 13 (3.05%) A+ Certification
10 12 (2.82%) CompTIA CySA+
10 12 (2.82%) SC Cleared
11 11 (2.58%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (2.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 8 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (1.88%) MCP
14 8 (1.88%) MCSA
15 7 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.05%) GDPR
2 11 (2.58%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.17%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.94%) QA
6 4 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.70%) NIST
7 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.47%) GxP
8 2 (0.47%) SLA
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.23%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 129 (30.28%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.51%) Hyper-V
3 30 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (4.46%) Docker
4 19 (4.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.94%) vSphere
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (17.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.99%) Terraform
3 14 (3.29%) SCCM
4 10 (2.35%) Backup Exec
4 10 (2.35%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.41%) Ansible
6 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.94%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.47%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.47%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.47%) Puppet
8 2 (0.47%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.23%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 274 (64.32%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.09%) VMware
3 17 (3.99%) Cisco
4 16 (3.76%) Veeam
5 15 (3.52%) Apple
6 13 (3.05%) Fortinet
7 12 (2.82%) Atlassian
7 12 (2.82%) ForeScout
7 12 (2.82%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.58%) DevExpress
8 11 (2.58%) Palo Alto
8 11 (2.58%) SAP
9 10 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (1.88%) Google
10 8 (1.88%) HP
10 8 (1.88%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.64%) Dell
11 7 (1.64%) Oracle
11 7 (1.64%) Samsung
12 6 (1.41%) Workday